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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
I went in and checked some of your ratings in the normalized database and I noticed quite a few power pitchers that were rated as 6 in velocity...Walter Johnson, Smokey Joe Wood and Rube Waddell were the ones I noticed. It has always been my impression that they would be 9's. This opinion is based on research that I have come across in my study of baseball talents.
I also noticed that modern pitchers seem to have much higher ratings in stuff, when compared to pitchers of earlier eras, especially the Deadballers.
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We didn't modify any velocity ratings. I would expected those guys to come in higher too. I don't believe velocity has any statistical effect in OOTP, so I'm not sure it matters, except who would expect The Big Train to throw sub-90. We also didn't adjust any of the imported ratings except for defense, so the stuff ratings are reflective of their imported stat lines.
Keep in mind that the stat lines are normalized over the history of baseball, so some of our pre-conceived notions as to how great someone is, may not be correct. Modern pitchers especially, given how high scoring an era today's game is, stack up very well against their deadball counterparts. Clemens relative dominance in modern baseball is no different than Walter Johnson's in his day. I was surprised at some of the players too, but if you check the era and the relative competition, the results will make more sense. There are several 1960s players who had fairly non-exciting statistical lines, but really performed quite well relative to their peers...but they are not much of a blip in history. The mid to late 60s was an incredible time to be a pitcher.
Check the readme file as it provides more detail. Also, check out this site for comparing players "tranlsated" statistics:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/ruthba01.shtml You can just enter player's name in the input box.